American History

When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, sparking the starting of World War II, the leaders of a Warsaw-based chapter of the…

When the nation’s first FDA-approved Covid-19 vaccine was injected into the arm of intensive care nurse Sandra Lindsay on December 14…

Tony Fauci beams like a schoolboy who has simply earned straight As as he holds up the medal draped round his neck, professing that…

At the peak of the Roaring Twenties, the Whittemore Gang focused banks and jewellery shops throughout the East Coast, stealing upward…

The profound challenges of this past year have brokered an equally profound moment for the Smithsonian Institution to bring its…

In 1872, the U.S. economy was growing as the young nation industrialized and expanded westward. Then in the autumn, a sudden shock…

Benjamin Franklin and associates at Franklin's printing press in 1732; screen print, 1954. (Photo by ... GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)…

The spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. is out of control: As of December 1, more than 13.5 million people have been infected…

SMITHSONIANMAG.COM | Dec. 21, 2020, 9:27 a.m.The year has been dominated by the twin pandemics of…

SMITHSONIANMAG.COM | Dec. 30, 2020, 7 a.m.The year 2020 will go down in history as one of the most…